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Oct 20 2008
Newsday Publishes Special Pullout on the Long Island Motor Parkway: October 20, 2008
Newsday featured a special four-page pullout "Road to History: Long Island Motor Parkway, 100 Years Later" in its Sunday, October 20, 2008 issue. A teaser photo appeared on the front-cover
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Oct 20 2008
Howard Kroplick Interview: The Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway
Howard Kroplick was interviewed in August 2008 by North Hempstead Town Clerk Leslie Gross on the Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island and the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Oct 20 2008
“Over the Seven Seas”: A Film Starring William K. Vanderbilt II
William K. Vanderbilt II (Jr.), his wife Rosamund, his friends Mr. and Mrs. Earle Smith and crew set on a world cruise in 1931 aboard his beautiful 265-foot yacht Alva. They departed Long Island and traveled through the Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands, the Society Islands, Samoa, Australia, Java,… (3 comments)
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Oct 17 2008
Busy Weekend for 2008 Centennial Celebrations
A wonderful weekend to celebrate the centennial of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the Long Island Motor Parkway at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn, Harbor.
Ongoing Events
The exhibit "Treasures of the Vanderbilt Cup Races" opened today for the weekend at the… (0 comments)
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Oct 16 2008
Question of the Day: What do Barack Obama and John McCain have in common with the 1904 drivers?
Last night's Debate '08 at Hofstra University in Hempstead inspired today's question of the day:
What do Barack Obama and John McCain have in common with the drivers of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race?
Please provide your answer in the comment box. The answer will be… (2 comments)
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Oct 14 2008
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Continues to Reach Record # of Viewers- October 14, 2008
VanderbiltCupRaces.com continues to set daily viewership records with a mention of the website in last Sunday's New York Times article on the Long Island Motor Parkway. Over the last three days, the average viewship on this website has been over 10 times higher than its daily average.
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Oct 13 2008
Arcadia Publishing Issues a Press Release on “The Long Island Motor Parkway”
-Arcadia Publishing has issued a press release on "The Long Island Motor Parkway".
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Oct 12 2008
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Sets Viewership Record on Saturday
VanderbiltCupRaces.com set a daily viewership record with a mention of the website in today's New York Times article on the Long Island Motor Parkway. Over 12 times the average viewship reached the website on Saturday when the article was released on the Internet.
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Oct 11 2008
New York Times Article “First Auto Parkway: From Road to Ruin”, October 12, 2008
The Automobiles section of the New York Times ran an excellent front-page article on the Long Island Motor Parkway on Sunday, October 12, 2008.
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Oct 08 2008
The 20 Toll Collection Structures of the Long Island Motor Parkway-Updated 3/17/2018
One of the myths of the Long Island Motor Parkway’s history was that there were 12 lodges designed by prominent architect John Russell Pope and built to collect tolls and provide housing for the toll-takers and their families. The answer to the question of the number of toll lodges on… (3 comments)
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Great film, Howard! You were ready for YouTube back then. I was 10 in 1977. The Sidewalk Singers was a nice touch. Going…